[LINK] NBN and personal alarm compatibility

Paul Brooks pbrooks-link at layer10.com.au
Wed Aug 14 10:08:55 AEST 2013


On 14/08/2013 9:03 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
> The point being that older forms of technology can be accommodated, within reason.
> The analog phone service on the NBN will accommodative most analog devices. 

Indeed - the issue is what to do with the edge-cases that fall outside 'most' and
'within reason' - particularly when its an emotive thing like personal alarms, the
elderly and frail, or security. And that almost always boils down to "who pays".

On the one hand "Technology moves on, your gear is obsolete and is only working by
historical accident - talk to your alarm supplier about changing to a new system that
will work". On the other hand "The system works fine now, its the network that is
changing and stopping the system from working - the network is incompatible, and
should pay for the replacement system"

P.



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